The Swinging Doors — Elizabeth Carroll

Ellie Sinders is no stranger to the violent world of men. A bloomer girl for the past seven years, her life has been dictated by the contract kept in the bottom of a saloonkeeper's money box. Chip Meadows has loved Ellie since they were children. He abhors the life she has been sold into, but can't see a way to save her. For Ellie, each day is a fight for survival-from hunger, from the passions of men, and from her own mother, the infamous Maggie Sinders. She is holding her young family together until three strangers come to town, and Ellie's fragile existence is forever shattered. The Swinging Doors is a story of acceptance and redemption, where courage and love collide with violence and hatred...a story of how one person's fate impacts the lives of so many.